Sewing-machine braider or corder.



P. R. GREIST. SEWING MAGHINE BRAIDER 0R GORDBR.

APPLIUATIONTILED JAN. 24, 190B.

f Patented sept. 29, 1908.

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PERCY RAYMOND` eanisfr, oiifNEw HAVEMCONNECTICUT, AssieNOR To THE GREIsT MANUFACTURiNe ooiviPANv, A` CORPORATION or CONNECTICUT.`

`sEW1NeMACHIN BnAIDER OR CORDER.

ing at `New Haven, inthe county 4of New` Haven and State offComiecticut, havev invented or discovered certain'new and useful Improvements in, Sewing-Machine Braiders or Corders, of which the following a specification, reference being had therein tov the accompanying drawings. 1

This invention has for `its, object toV provide a sewing `machinebraider or corderf which is attached ,toor formed as part of a" may bemadeatthe presserffoot and which least possible expense.

To this end the improved braider or corder consists of a folded piece of'sheet metal in which hasbeen punched or otherwise formed two holes of proper vshape andisize to guide a braid or cord, and, preferably,also ahole to serve as a needle hole, the strip beingso the guiding hole or aperture for `theentering braid will be inthe upper member Vof the foldedstrip `and in front, of theneedlehole',

while the guiding aperture forV the egress of the braid will be in the lower member ofthe folded strip and in the vertical plane of the needle-hole... `The folded strip referred to is attached to a suitableshank adapted to be secured to the presser-bar of a machine, .the whole constitutinga presser-foot suitable for. the Ordinary uses of a sewing machine presser.-V foot. The folded. strip"`v which constitutes the braider or corder is preferably provided with an upward extension of .such construction as to serve, in connection with the shank referred to, as an attachment holderfor hem-` mers, binders, quilters, andthe like, having.

shanks which may be fitted intoy an aperture between the said extension lof thesaid strip and the shank portion of the presser foot and be frictionally retained therein'without requiring the use ofa setscrew to secure the attachments in place. A A

In the `accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views showing two vslightly different forms of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionfonline 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the form ofthe invention shown in Fig. 1.` f

` Referring tothe drawings, 12 denotes a vertical shank preferably stamped from sheet metal and ofsuitable construction to be attached to the presser-bar of a sewing Specification .of Letters Patent. `Animation filed Jvanuaryae, 190s. `serial No. 412,406.Y

Patented sepeae, 190s.

1 machine,the said shank having a horizontal extension 13jand' whlch extension, 1n connection with a folded strip "of thin sheet Ymetal embracing said horizontal extension, and comprising an upper member 14 and a lower vmember 15, provides a t presser foot `suitable-for ordinary uses.

The folded strip referred to is'attached to the l'shankl12 bya screw or rivet 16, and the upper member ofsaid folded strip is preferably provided with a needle-hole 17, and, in front :of said"jneedle`hole, with a guiding hole or aperture 18 for` the entering braid or cord; the lower member of said folded strip being provided with a guiding hole or aperture 19 for the egress of the braid or cord.

and.- preferably registering vertically with said needle-hole. `These guiding apertures are'in different vertical planes, the aperture 318 `being forward of the aperture 19, as is p shown most clearly in Fig. 3. folded, relative to the holes referred to, that i The invention in its simplest form is shown 1in vFig. 2, but in the preferred form of the invention shown in Fig. 1 the folded strip is provided with an'upward extension 20 so formed as to leave between said extension and the outer or front wall of the shank 12 an opening 21 of'such 'form as to receive a suitable "shank formed `on a hemmer, binder,

Vquilter or the like, so that said extension will thus serve, in cooperation with said shank, as an attachment holder. The shank of the attachment to be inserted in the opening 21 will be 'of such size as to have a tight frictional fit in said opening, so that an attachment may be readily inserted in place and ,heldv` in working position frictionally without requiring the use of a set screw.

The braid guiding holes or apertures and the needle-hole are preferably stamped or otherwise formed in the strip of metal before the same isfolded into the shape shown inthe drawings; and owing to the facility with which this can be done an eflicient braider or corder is thus provided at very much less expense than is possible with the presser-foot braiders or corders heretofore in use, and in the manufacture of which it has been necessary to cut the cord or braid guiding passages in the'solid metal of the presser-feet, such' operation involving much more trouble and expense than is required to produce lthe improved braider or corder herein described yand formed from a folded strip `of sheet metal.

Having thus described my invention l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A sewing machine braider or corder comprising a folded strip of sheet metal having O'uiding apertures formed in its upper and lower members and arranged in different vertical planes.

v2. A sewing machine braider or corder comprising a folded strip of sheet metal having its upper member provided with a. needle-hole and with a guiding aperture in front of said needle-hole, and having its lower member provided with a guiding aperture registering vertically with said needlehole.

3. A sewing machine braider or corder consisting of a vertical shank, having a horizontal extension, and a folded strip of sheetmetal the members of which embrace the said horizontal extension and which members are each formed with a guiding aperture, the aperture in the upper member being forward of the aperture in the lower member.

L A sewing machine braider or corder consisting .of a vertical shank, having a horizontal extension, and a folded strip of sheet 'metal the members of which embrace the said horizontal extension and which members are each formed with a guiding aperture, said strip having a vertical extension which, in cooperation with said vertical shank, is adapted to serve as an attachment holder.

5. A sewing machine braider or corder consisting of a suitable shank, having a horizontal extension, and ay folded strip of sheet metal the lnembers of which embrace said horizontal extension and the upper and lower menrbers of which are each provided with a guiding aperture and which apertures are arranged in different vertical planes.

(3. A sewing machine braider or corder consisting of a suitable shank, having x horizontal extension, `and a folded strip of sheet metal the members of which embrace said horizontal extension and the upper and lower members of which are each provided with a guiding aperture and which apertures are arranged in diilierent vertical planes, said strip having a vertical extension between which and the said vertical shank is formed an .opening for the reception of the shank of a sewing machine attachment.

7. A sewing machine braider or order comprising a folded strip of sheet metal having inclosed guiding' apertures formed in its upper and lower members, thy aperture in the upper member being forward of the aperture in the lower member.

In testimony whereof I aiix mv signature, in presence of two witnesses.

PERCY RAYMOND (llllf'l.

litnesses H. M. Gkms'r, L. M. FORD. 

